Adjusting means for handkerchief holder



Jan. 15, 1957 H. H. PHILLIPS. JR

ADJUSTING MEANS FOR HANDKERCHIEF HOLDER Filed April 5, 1955 I l I I United States Patent ;O'

ADJUSTING MEANS FOR HANDKERCHIEF HOLDER Harold H. Phillips, Jr., West Springfield, Mass.

Application April 5, 1955, Serial No. 499,325

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-279) This invention relates to a means for adjusting the position of a handkerchief holder in a pocket so the handkerchief display portion, or simulation thereof, will project to the desired extent from the pocket.

Reference is made to my pending patent application, Serial No. 489,626, filing date February 21, 1955, for a Handkerchief Holder.

The upper corner pockets in coats for men vary greatly in depth, and sometimes as much as three inches or more. To avoid having a handkerchief display portion or other similar portion sink too low, or out of sight, one of my objects is to provide adjusting device means which can position said display portion at whatever point desired, outside of the pocket.

Another object is to provide such an adjusting means that is simple to use, will serve to present the said display portion properly positioned outside the pocket, and is relatively inexpensive to manufacture.

The foregoing and other objects which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, may be accomplished by a construction, combination and arrangement of parts such as is disclosed by the drawing. The nature of the invention is such as to render it susceptible to various changes and modifications, and, therefore, I am not to be limited to the construction disclosed by the drawing nor to the particular parts described in the specification; but am entitled to all such changes therefrom as fall within the scope of my claim.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a holder, with a display handkerchief therein.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of my adjusting means.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of said holder positioned in my adjusting means.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6--6 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a front elevational view of a said holder in combination with a modified form of adjusting means.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a front elevational view of another modified form of adjusting means.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, a holder 10 for a handkerchief or other member has a display portion D, that extends outwardly beyond said holder. Said holder 10 has two sides 12 and 14 joined together at opposite side edges and also coming adjacent each other near the bottom edges as at 16. As shown, a tongue or extension member 18 extends into the space between the lower portions of said sides 12 and 14, the three parts being joined, as by cement or other well known means, if desired.

My adjusting means has a back 20 in the form of a sheet of plastic, for instance. Near the top edge a guide 2,777,133 Patented Jan. 15,, 957

2 member 22' is attached at opposite sides to said back 20, thus providing a space 24' between said back and said guide member 22, the latter being shown as a flat strip of material, such as plastic.

Below said; guide member 22 is, a. pocket part 26 that is attached to. said back 20 at opposite sides thereof and the lower edge portion is also attached to said back thus providing a pocket 28 between said back and said pocket part 26 that is adapted to receive the lower part of a said holder 10 or its said extension member 18. This connection with the adjusting means is made by inserting said holder lower part of extension member 18 through the said space 24 provided by the guide member 22 and into said pocket 28, where it rests normally on the bottom thereof. Thus said holder 10 is raised in position the distance between the bottom of said pocket 28 and the bottom edge of said back 20.

Since the depth of coat pockets varies considerably I provide another pocket part 30 below said pocket part 26 that is attached to said back 20 at opposite sides thereof and the lower edge portion is attached to said back 20 to thus provide another pocket 32. Below said pocket part 30 still another pocket part 34 is provided which is likewise attached to said back 20 as above explained and which provides a pocket 36. More pockets could be provided, if desired, or necessary, as where an unusually deep pocket may be encountered. Each said pocket is adapted to receive the lower part of said holder 10, as explained, and the one chosen to so receive it depends upon the depth of the coat pocket and the height of the holder.

In Figs. 7 and 8 a modified form of adjusting means is shown in which a handkerchief holder 40, similar to holder 10, is provided with adjusting means. This holder 40 has a side 42 and another side 44 formed of sheets of plastic, as shown, joined together at opposite sides, as above explained. The said side 42, near its bottom, is joined to the other side 44 to thus provide a bottom 46 for the handkerchief or other display member. A guide member 48 is attached at opposite sides to said side 44 thus providing a guide space 50 between said guide member 48 and said side 44.

Spaced upwardly from said guide member 48 is a pocket part 52 that it attached to said side 44 at opposite sides and the upper edge portion of which it attached, as by cement, to said side 44, thus providing a pocket 54. A separate adjusting or lengthening member 56 is inserted from below through said guide space 50 and into said pocket 54. Since said adjusting member 56 extends below said holder 40, the position of the holder 40 in a coat pocket is determined, in part, by the length of said adjusting member 56.

Below and spaced from said pocket part 52 is another pocket part 58 that it attached to said side 44 at opposite sides and the upper edge portion is attached, as by cement, to said side 44, thus providing another pocket 60 which can receive said adjusting member 56 to make further adjustment possible, as above explained. Another similar pocket part 61 is also provided, and the number may be varied as desired.

The length of said adjusting member 56 may be changed by providing lines of perforations 62 across it, as shown in Fig. 9. If it is desired to shorten said adjusting member 56 a portion at said perforated line 62 may be folded over and torn off. This adjusting member 56 is attached to said holder 10 between the sides 12 and 14 thereof.

What I claim is:

Adjusting means for use with a pocket display holder comprising a back, a guide member attached to said back at opposite sides thereof and providing a space between said back and guide member, and a plurality of pocket to receive a portion of said holder. 5

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,079,139 Woof May 4, 1937 10 4 Cronn Oct. 17, 1939 Biederman Jan. 13, 1942 Maschoft' June 26, 1945 Maurer July 4,1950 

